Tennis

Rome, May 13 (IANS) Scottish tennis star Andy Murray reached the Italian Open semi-finals on Friday by winning 6-1, 7-5 against Belgian David Goffin, and will face Frenchman Lucas Pouille on Saturday. Murray confirmed his…

Rome, May 13 (IANS) Spanish woman tennis player Garbine Muguruza advanced to the Italian Open semi-finals after defeating Swiss Timea Bacsinszky 7-5, 6-2 here on Friday. World No.4 Muguruza, who had never faced the Swiss…

Canberra, May 13 (IANS) Maligned Australians tennis player Bernard Tomic has ended speculation he might be barred from representing Australia at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games after voluntarily withdrawing from contention overnight. The 23-year-old, worth…

Rome, May 12 (IANS) Spain’s tennis star Rafael Nadal cruised into the third round of the Rome Masters with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Germany’s Philipp Kohlschreiber. He will next square off against young and…

Rome, May 11 (IANS) World No.2 Roger Federer got the better of Alexander Zverev 6-3, 7-5 at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia tennis tournament here on Wednesday. The third seed broke the 19-year-old Zverev for a…

Glasgow, May 11 (IANS) World No.3 tennis star Andy Murray is mulling roping in a former player as his next coach after parting ways with Amelie Mauresmo. The duo split on Monday after Murray’s loss…

Rome, May 10 (IANS) German tennis player Philipp Kohlschreiber defeated Spaniard Inigo Cervantes 6-4, 6-2 in the first round of the Italian Open here on Tuesday. World No.26 Kohlschreiber took one hour and 26 minutes…

Glasgow, May 10 (IANS) World No.1 women’s tennis star Serena Williams’coach Patrick Mouratoglou has said nobody is surprised with men’s No.3 Andy Murray’s split from coach Amelie Mauresmo. The two-time Grand Slam winner and Mauresmo…

London, May 9 (IANS) American Serena Williams continued to lead the latest women’s singles rankings released on Monday, while German Angelique Kerber rose to the second place. Agnieszka Radwanska fell to third spot. Garbine Muguruza…

London, May 9 (IANS) Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic held on to his place as No.1 in the latest rankings released on Monday, increasing his lead after claiming the Madrid Open title. Djokovic defeated Scot…

Madrid, May 9 (IANS) World No.3 tennis star Andy Murray and coach Amelie Mauresmo parted company on Monday after a two-year coaching relationship. Murray lost in the final of the Madrid Open against No.1 Novak…

Madrid, May 8 (IANS) World No.1 Novak Djokovic advanced to the Madrid Open final for the second time in his career with a 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) victory over Japan’s Kei Nishikori, his fourth consecutive straight-set…

Madrid, May 8 (IANS) Two years after coming up just short at the Madrid Open, Romanian Simona Halep won this elite clay-court title with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Slovak Dominika Cibulkova. Halep came out…

Madrid, May 7 (IANS) Sania Mirza-Martina Hingis went down in straight sets to Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic in the women’s doubles final at the Madrid Masters tennis tournament here on Saturday. Despite playing well…

Madrid, May 7 (IANS) World no. 2 tennis player Andy Murray qualified for the Madrid Open final after battling past Spanish Rafael Nadal here on Saturday. Title defender Murray defeated his Spanish opponent 7-5, 6-4…

Madrid, May 6 (IANS) Defending champion Andy Murray produced a superb display against Tomas Berdych on Friday for a place in the Madrid Open tennis semi-finals. Second seed Murray recorded his fourth straight win over…